Cengage Appoints Gary Fortier as Chief People Officer
February 08, 2018 at 12:00 pm EST
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Cengage announced the appointment of Gary Fortier as Chief People Officer. The appointment comes on the heels of the company's successful launch of Cengage Unlimited, the subscription service, and signals continued investment in recruiting the best and brightest talent to support the company's transition to digital. Based in the Boston headquarters, Gary will serve on the Executive Team and will be responsible for growing the Cengage employee culture in support of the company's strategy. Gary most recently served as CEO for Vision Government Solutions. Previously Gary was Chief Operating Officer for Raizlabs. Gary has served in operational, finance and HR leadership and executive-level roles at companies including GL Advisor, PowerAdvocate, and The Home Depot. Gary's leadership experience stems from his time in the 82nd Airborne Division where he became a U.S. Army Ranger and jumpmaster.
Cengage Learning Holdings II, Inc. is a global education technology company. The Company is organized into three core business units: Cengage Academic business, Cengage Work business, and Cengage Select. In the Cengage Academic business unit, the Company integrates U.S. Higher Education, International Higher Education and Secondary Education in order to leverage synergies across these businesses that share content, technology platforms and support services. The Cengage Work business unit services the workforce skills market and includes the Companyâs ed2go and Infosec businesses that leverage all the Companyâs relationships, content, and data to drive growth. The Companyâs third core business unit, Cengage Select, consists of four businesses, English language teaching (ELT), Research and Other (Australia K-12 and Milady), each serving select markets and customers. The Company serves the higher education, secondary education, workforce skills, ELT, and research markets around the world.
CENGAGE LEARNING HOLDINGS II, INC. 